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The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton (/ ˈboʊltən / ⓘ BOHL-tən) is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Westhoughton, and part of the West Pennine Moors. It had a population of 298,903 in 2022, making it ...
Bolton (/ ˈboʊltən / ⓘ BOHL-tən, locally / ˈboʊtən / BOH-tən) [ 2 ] is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and villages that form the wider borough, of which Bolton is the administrative ...
Lancashire. Lancashire (/ ˈlæŋkəʃər / LAN-kə-shər, /- ʃɪər / -sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The county has an area of 3,079 ...
This is a list of places within the ceremonial county of Lancashire, ... Bolton-by-Bowland; Bolton-le-Sands; Borwick; ... Lea Town; Leyland; Little Eccleston; Little ...
The first contested elections were held in November 1842 and Conservatives gained control in 1844. [6] [10] In 1850 the Borough Corporation took over the Great Bolton and Little Bolton trusts established in 1792. [3] In 1889, as it had a population in excess of 50,000, Bolton was constituted a County Borough by the Local Government Act 1888.
This is a list of the Mayors of Bolton in the north west of England. The office of Mayor is a ceremonial, non-political post. As the Borough's First Citizen, the Mayor serves as the civic representative at a wide range of functions and events throughout the local authority. The Mayors of Bolton have represented three types of local government ...
Horwich (/ ˈhɒrɪtʃ / HORR-itch) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, [1][2] within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. [3][4] It is 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Chorley, 5.8 miles (9.3 km) northwest of Bolton and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Manchester.
Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum is a public museum, art gallery, library and aquarium in the town of Bolton, England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. [2] The museum, Bolton Museum , is housed within the grade II listed Le Mans Crescent near Bolton Town Hall and shares its main entrance with the library, Bolton Central Library ...